# Incident 20110914022099I: Boeing 757-222, Dulles, VA, September 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2011, 12:44 local time
- Place: Dulles, VA
- Airport: Washington Dulles International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 38.9445° N, 77.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9445&lon=-77.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N534UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-222
- Reported engine: P & W PW2040
- People aboard: 159
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,983 total, 1,253 in this make and model, 137 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110914022099I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT UAL 586 HAD PUSHED BACK FROM GATE C19 AND WAS TAXIING TOWARD THE RUNWAY WHEN THE CREW INITIATED A CROSS BLEED START OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. AFTER THE #2 ENGINE HAD STARTED THE CREW OBSERVED SEVERAL EICAS MESSAGES.(RT ELEC HYD PUMP, RT CTR FUEL PUMP AND RT GEN). DURING THAT TIME A PASSENGER REPORTED TO A FLIGHT ATTENDANT THAT THEY SAW SMOKE FROM THE #2 ENGINE AND ANOTHER PASSENGER REPORTED SMOKE AND FIRE FROM THE #2 ENGINE TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED IT TO THE CAPTAIN, THE TOWER ALSO REPORTED SMOKE TO THE CREW. AT THAT TIME THE CAPTAIN CALLED FOR THE EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, ALL SLIDES OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE DEPLOYED (EXCEPT R-1) AND ALL PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED VIA THE SLIDES. UNITED AIRLINE ALONG WITH THE FAA INSPECTED THE CONDITION OF THE NUMBER #2 ENGINE COWLING TAIL PIPE AND SURROUNDING AREA FOR ANY DAMAGE AND NONE WAS NOTED. THE #2 ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (1) THE REASON FOR EVACUATION.  (TOWER AND PASSENGER REPORTED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM #2 ENGINE TO FLIGHT CREW AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT)(2) WHO INITIATED THE EVACUATION (E.G., CREWMEMBER OR PASSENGER).  (CREWMEMBER)(3) WHICH EXITS (BY SPECIFIC LOCATION) WERE USED, WHICH EXITS WERE NOT USED, AND REASON FORNONUSE.  (ALL EXITS USED EXCEPT R1 WHY IS UNKNOWN)*(4) WHETHER ANY EXITS, SLIDES, OR ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS MALFUNCTIONED AND, IF SO, WHAT WERETHE MALFUNCTIONS.  (NO MALFUNCTIONS)(5) WHETHER ANY PARTICULAR EXIT WAS USED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE EVACUEES AND, IF SO, THEAPPARENT REASON.  (NO ONE EXIT WAS USED MORE THAN OTHERS)(6) THE ESTIMATED TOTAL TIME IT TOOK TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT. (UNKNOWN)(7) THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF ANY INJURIES. (4 MINOR INJURES 3 OF WHICH SIGNED RELEASES THE OTHER HAD A TOE INJURY)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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